I too had this problem, but with a little patience I learned to quickly, easily, and reliably move my apps around on the current homepage and between homepages. Here's the secret. :)
Let's say you want to move an app from HomePage#2 back to HOmepage#1. 1. While on HomePage #2, swipe until you locate the app you want to move. 2. Once you have located the app of interest, take your finger off of the app 3. from the right edge of your iPod touch or iPhone, double tap and hold on the screen. You will get the "moving xApp" prompt. Make sure you hear the name of the app you want to move. 4. with a sliding motion, move your index finger all the way to the left edge of the device's screen. Pause for a second. Do not, absolutely do not lift your finger off of the screen or allow your finger to slide off of the screen as this will kill the process. 5. While holding your finger on the left edge of the screen, you will eventually get the following prompt: Pause for page change. Make absolutely certain you hear "Home, Page X of Y." If you hear anything else then you've made a mistake, so start all over from step 3 above. 6. When you complete this process successfully you will hear the page change prompt with a little beep tone and a mention of the current location of your app (e.g. Row 2 column 1). 7. Move your finger down towards bottom of the screen to the last row of apps. Finally, lift your finger to drop the app. Note: in this step, something happens on the screen where the location of apps on the screen is thrown off. As specified in this step, my solution has been to drop the app somewhere in last row so I don't destroy the structure of my HOmePage. I then make refinements as noted in step 9 below. 8. The following is kind of important. You now need to press the home button once to return homepage back to normal. This step will prevent you from accidentally deleting an app. 9. repeat steps 1 through step 3 to if you would like to further customize the location of the app you just moved to HomePage#1. Don't forget to press your home button a single time when you have finished moving any app. To move an app into a folder, it is a matter of moving the app around until you find the folder using a trial and error procedure until you hear the prompt "On X folder." This prompt will be accompanied by a repetitive tone to catch your attention. Once you hear the prompt and tone, simply lift your finger and the app will be placed in the desired folder. You can repeat this process to move an app out of a folder; I simply listen for the triple tone then move my finger down about an inch to insure I'm moving outside the folder. Again, lift your finger to drop the app on to the HOmePage. Please let me know if this doesn't work, and I'll try to help. I just tested this procedure many times, and it has worked every single time. For me, its actually much easier to create many folders on my HomePage rather than moving between HOmePages. Most of the time I simply use Siri to launch my apps. I simply say the following: "Launch light detector" "Launch App Store" etc. LS On 4/11/13, Pete Nalda <[email protected]> wrote: > This is true even for those with some sight! It almost an exercise in > futility trying to get an app to the page you want it on. I don't know how > this could be made easier, and perhaps Apple doesn't either. > > On Apr 11, 2013, at 7:14 PM, "Rose Combs" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> 12 on the iPhone 4S and I was just thinking, someone should create an app >> to >> make moving apps easier. I spent 3 hours one night trying to put just a >> few >> apps in folders, then had more screens with stuff scattered all over the >> place. I finally gave up, went to setting and had it put them all back >> in >> alphabetical order, pushed newsstand to page 6 where I don't usually have >> any apps, moved my Fahrenheit back to my home screen and stopped messing >> right there, oh, yes, I did put the stocks app in the utilities folder >> also. >> Then I can tell Siri to open an app and I don't have to go through 4 and >> a >> half pages to find it, or if I want to drive my husband crazy, I start on >> page one flick through each then to page two and so on. Worked better >> than >> an alarm did at waking him up one afternoon. He just had to know what >> that >> flicking noise was since generally I seldom employ that method of >> exploring >> a screen just use a finger and more often than not in many cases tap the >> app I want without having to hunt for it. I don't usually need to hear >> all >> 12 apps on my home screen to know that the temperature is going to be in >> the >> right hand corner just above the dock,. I was actually thinking of >> moving >> mail out of the dock since I don't use my phone for mail and putting the >> temperature in in the dock since it is something I want to know when I am >> leaving for work or leaving work especially in the last few winter months. >> >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On >> Behalf >> Of Mary Ellen Sanchez >> Sent: Tuesday, April 09, 2013 7:06 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: Moving apps into folders? >> >> So how many apps can you put in a folder on the iPhone 4S is there an >> application that I could download that would allow for me to have more >> apps >> in a folder for the iPhone 4S >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On Apr 9, 2013, at 8:47 PM, "Andy Baracco" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I mispoke. IOS 6 allows for 16 apps per folder on the iPhone 5. >>> >>> Andy >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- From: Sieghard Weitzel >>> Sent: Tuesday, April 09, 2013 11:42 AM >>> To: [email protected] >>> Subject: RE: Moving apps into folders? >>> >>> Hi jordan, >>> >>> The folders are exactly aligned in the rows and columns. I find it >>> much easier to move a folder next to an app I want to put in it then >>> the other way around. If you move an app and you accidently let go in >>> the wrong spot you may put it into another folder or create a new one. >>> If you move a folder you can really go with the little beeps as to how >>> many spots you moved it left, right, up or down. Hence if I have an >>> app in the very right place in row 4 and I want to move that into a >>> folder that sits in row 2 and column 2 (second from the left edge) >>> then I move the folder into row 4 column 4 which means into the >>> position the app is in, this will push the app into column 3 on row 4 >>> which means it will be just to the left of the folder. I would simply >>> double tap and hold the folder, then drag it straight right 2 beeps >>> which means it's now in column 4 on row 2, then I drag it straight >>> down 2 beeps. Now I look for the app to the left of the folder, I >>> double tap and hold on it and drag it to the right just a bit until it >> says it's on the folder, then let go. Now I can drag the folder back to >> where I want it. >>> >>> This primarily is only a matter of practice and as long as you have >>> good special awareness and are able to drag your finger straight >>> across a row or straight up or down you'll get better at it. What will >>> make it more unpredictable is if you have problems with the >>> directions, e.g. you think you are dragging your finger straight >>> across row 2, for example, but in fact you are dragging it across and >>> down >> or across and up. >>> >>> >>> >>> Regards, >>> Sieghard >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On >>> Behalf Of Teresa Cochran >>> Sent: Tuesday, April 09, 2013 11:30 AM >>> To: [email protected] >>> Subject: Re: Moving apps into folders? >>> >>> A folder will hold twelve apps. Also, sometimes VO will simply tell >>> you which row and column you're on, so be sure to note where the >>> folder's coordinates are. VO will sound a series of tones when you're >>> sitting on a folder. You can pause there until the folder opens. >>> >>> HtH, >>> Teresa >>> On Apr 9, 2013, at 11:11 AM, Christopher Chaltain <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> I explore the screen a bit before moving apps around and moving them >>>> into >>> folders, but it sounds like you're already doing that. Sometimes >>> moving an app over next to a folder as an intermediate step helps. >>> Also, folders only hold a certain amount of apps and once a folder is >>> full, you can't move an app into it. You don't get a message to that >>> fact; >> the move just won't take. >>>> >>>> On 04/09/2013 12:56 PM, Jordan Norregaard wrote: >>>>> First, I must thank the many people who responded to my earlier >>>>> questions! I download MiniKeePass, and find it useful! I do have one >>>>> question about placing apps in folders. I do understand the concept >>>>> of how to move apps, and how to move apps into folders! But, is >>>>> there some trick to getting an app into a folder? I face the most >>>>> difficulty when the folder sits on row 2, column 4, and the app >>>>> simply refuses to land on the folder. Does the folder sit slightly >>>>> up/down/left/right of the direct row/column? I'm sort of confused as >>>>> to where folders sit in relation to the screen. 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